Neha Srivastava

IBPS RRB Officer Scale Prelims Exam Analysis 2017

IBPS RRB Preliminary examination of Officer Grade was conducted successfully on 9th and 10th September for the year 2017. The exam was conducted for 80 marks comprised of 80 questions with a time of 45 minutes.

Pattern of Examination: The examination has 2 sections – Reasoning andQuantitative aptitude. Candidates shall be required to qualify in each section as per cut-off marks determined on the basis of performance in each section and also on total weighted score. Negative marking is applicable for the Objective Test. For every wrong answer, one-fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty.

The Banking team of Jagranjosh.com has come up with comprehensive analysis of the question paper and the expected cut off for the examination.

Analysis of Examination: The overall difficulty level of the examination was Easy toModerate.

Expected Cutoff marks: As per our analysis anddifficulty level of the examination, the following Cutoff marks are expected for different category.It should be noted that IBPS release state-wise cut-off marks for the examination.

General

48-53

OBC

45-50

SC

38-43

Note:The candidates should note that the above cut offs may vary as it depends upon various factors hence, it is not possible to predict the exact cut off marks until IBPS declared it on its website. The IBPS will announce cut off marks, when the process of selection is over.